millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Christer; Kristel; Kurisuteru
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
island in a pond or river
maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater); marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine); marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
publishing house; publishing office
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
printing; impression; issue
commercial version (e.g. of software); production version; release version